Word: dogs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...walking through a cemetery sees a funeral procession. A hearse with two caskets, then a line of men following this guy with his dog. He asks the guy with the dog, 'What happened?' 'My dog bit my wife and my mother-in-law.' Man asks: 'Can I borrow the dog?' Guy says: 'Get in line...
After her arrest, Jiang Qing became the object of one of the most sustained and virulent attacks in China's history. She was described by some journals as "malevolent as a demon, treacherous as a serpent, savage as a mad dog." Despite official claims that the trial is "open," it will be tightly controlled; no foreign observers will be permitted, on the grounds that the case involves "state secrets...
...Until recently, Arthur let his doberman ride with him, lying in the shadows on the floor of the front seat, concealed from the passenger's view. If Arthur sensed that the passenger was interested in something besides a lift, he'd tap the front seat and the dog would immediately jump up. "Or if the passenger was an animal lover, I'd let him pet the dog. He's a great animal. He was good company...
...again, and perhaps do now, though the book's anthropomorphic analogies are not always convincing on this point. What does come through is Fox's overwhelming love of wolves, a sense of communion with them that goes beyond words - something that anyone who has loved a large dog will understand. The most powerful words in the book, though, are Henry Beston's celebrated perception that man errs in patronizing animals as lower forms of life...
...photographs are remarkable. There they all are, the gray brothers, stretching, playing, howling in unison with Fox and his human children, fighting mock battles. Or just sitting, looking out at the world, with half-closed, quizzical eyes, a compelling mixture of Old Dog Tray and Ming the Merciless...